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CVE-2022-38078

Published: Aug 24, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-94
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 19.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Movable Type XMLRPC API provided by Six Apart Ltd. contains a command injection vulnerability. Sending a specially crafted message by POST method to Movable Type XMLRPC API may allow arbitrary Perl script execution, and an arbitrary OS command may be executed through it. Affected products and versions are as follows: Movable Type 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 7 r.5202 and earlier, Movable Type 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Advanced 6.8.6 and earlier, Movable Type Premium 1.52 and earlier, and Movable Type Premium Advanced 1.52 and earlier. Note that all versions of Movable Type 4.0 or later including unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) versions are also affected by this vulnerability.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

sixapart
commercialaka movabletype, six apart, movable type
movable typeOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Six Apart Ltd
commercialaka movable type
Movable TypeOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Six Apart Ltd.
commercial·USaka movable type advanced, movable type cloud edition, movable type
Movable Type XMLRPC APIOn-premLibrary
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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Initial Access
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References

https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN57728859/index.html
jvn.jp
https://movabletype.org/news/2022/08/mt-795-687-released.html
movabletype.org
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN57728859/index.html
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